Deep Thoughts

Long day at the Robinson's Invitational at Sacramento yesterday. Fighting roster was: Williams sisters, no, not Serea and Venus, but rather the more famous Tess and Eva Williams; Jose, Rei, and Anna. Kind of a weird set up, in that sparring happens immediately after forms for every weight/age class. So you had weird situations where Anna would be done fighting before Rei even began forms. Not the most efficient setup, but oh well.

Here's one where Jose rips through his first opponent:

Think it was generally a good day, but for some of the bouts, the scoring was mysterious, even by local standards. Sure, locals is locals and it's to be expected, but it's so black-box and inconsistent that you may as well be watching Olympic curling.

On a side note, I secretly suspect that Olympic Curling does not actually exist. Let me explain. I have never met anyone who Curls, nor have I read anything about this so called sport except every 4 years during Olympic time. Hmmm...? I think that Curling is a giant hoax cooked up by NBC as an elaborate joke to us unsuspecting viewers. How else can you explain the terminology used in the color commentary? "Ohhh...the Canadian skip spooned the rock so cleanly that it Martinezed the chop right down to the kindle." Right-o. A quick Google search using reverse 256-bit desampling of the first three letters of each syllable reveals the Greek phrase for "Sucker." Almost too easy. I'm on to you NBC.

Be that as it may, it was good ringtime for the fighters. Lots of tourneys coming up in the next few months -- Santa Cruz and Fresno Regional Qualifiers for starters. Crunch time!